Gene Wilder Quotes
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I have dedicated my life to the 200m, I really love the 200m a lot.
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Eating local is a relatively new concept in American dining; for the Italians, it's a way of life.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.
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The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.
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Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.
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Julia Child wasn't afraid to have fun. She made fantastic food but knew how to have a good time and not be too stuck up about the kitchen space.
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After I directed, when I went back to being an actor, I was like, 'God, this is the life!' Because you only have to concentrate on one thing.
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I'm a big believer in living life as an extended working vacation.
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You know you're going to have a good day when your morning begins with breakfast in the same room as Carrie Tiffany, David Vann and Lionel Shriver.
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Be who you are. It's easy to feel like you have to blend in, but it takes courage to live your life with conviction and embrace the person that you are.
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Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.
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Character is supreme in life, hence Jesus stood supreme in the supreme thing - so supreme that, when we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code but a character.
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I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.
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My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'
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I've been very blessed in my personal life and in my career and I have never been ungrateful for what I have.
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I knew that I did not have to buy into society's notion that I had to be handsome and healthy to be happy. I was in charge of my 'spaceship' and it was my up, my down. I could choose to see this situation as a setback or as a starting point. I chose to begin life again.
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Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.
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Nothing should be out of the reach of hope. Life is a hope.
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Do the elected officials in Washington stand with ordinary Americans - working families, children, the elderly, the poor - or will the extraordinary power of billionaire campaign contributors and Big Money prevail? The American people, by the millions, must send Congress the answer to that question.
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The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
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Unhappy endings can be as cheap as happy endings.
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I've had a very good life and a very good career. I have no regrets.
